The Daily Source of Urban Planning News

<p>A recent op-ed bemoans the state of Atlanta's traffic congestion, and calls a reversal of current road widening policies, which have done little to help solve the region's transportation woes.</p>

November 5 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Architects, builders and preservationists met in Pittsburgh to discuss ways to get federal guidelines for historic structures to play nice with green building principles.</p>

November 5 - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

<p>If residents in Boulder Co. pass a 'carbon tax' ballot measure next week, hundreds of thousands of dollars will be made available to fund renewable energy and conservation measures.</p>

November 5 - USA Today

<p>The city's council chooses to proceed with plans for a new light rail system -- with a possible price tag of over $5 billion dollars.</p>

November 4 - Honolulu Star-Bulletin

<p>Broward County, Florida, is considering a plan to reduce a growing demand on Everglades water by replenishing groundwater with treated sewage. The plan is generating outcry from environmentalists who worry the sewage won't be treated enough.</p>

November 4 - Sun-Sentinel

<p>In this interview, Author Steven Johnson discusses his lates book about London's Cholera outbreak, urban planning, and his fascination with the popular computer game, SimCity.</p>

November 4 - Salon

<p>The recent opening of Whole Foods in downtown Seattle highlights the challenges of attracting major grocery stores to the urban core.</p>

November 4 - The Seattle Times

<p>A new report from the Brookings Institution looks at policy innovations that can help revive the fortunes of the nation's former industrial powerhouse.</p>

November 4 - The Brookings Institution

<p>Inga Saffron, the Philadelphia Inquirer's architecture critic, loathes the city's 'let's make a deal' approach to urban planning.</p>

November 3 - Skyline Online

<p>This opinion piece from the <em>Toronto Star</em> looks at how the organizational operation of Toronto is preventing it from becoming a more urban city.</p>

November 3 - The Toronto Star

<p>In 2004, Oregonians passed Measure 37, which gave zoning waivers to longtime property owners. With voters in several other states facing similar measures, a recently released poll shows that most Oregon voters now oppose Measure 37.</p>

November 3 - Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

<p>Ontario, Canada's Region of Peel has announced plans to celebrate World Town Planning Day on November 8.</p>

November 3 - The Brampton Guardian

<p>According to a survey by the <em>San Francisco Chronicle</em>, redevelopment agencies in the Bay Area and throughout the state very rarely use their powers of eminent domain to take private residences for redevelopment purposes.</p>

November 3 - The San Francisco Chronicle

<p>Created nine months ago as the latest -- and perhaps last -- tool to develop regional transit in Metro Atlanta, the Transit Planning Board now struggles to even make a quorum.</p>

November 3 - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

<p>Across the country, an increasing number of marathon runners are adding to the economic growth of small, mid-size, and large cities.</p>

November 3 - The Boston Globe

<p>Environmental Defense and the Maryland chapter of the Sierra Club say they plan to file a lawsuit to prevent the construction of an 18-mile segment of highway which they claim will violate clean-air standards.</p>

November 3 - The Washington Post

<p>An urban planning professor in Australia has joined a push to make the country's major cities more child-friendly.</p>

November 3 - The Daily Telegraph

<p>A plan is being pushed to create a 24-acre park in Hollywood by enclosing a half-mile stretch of freeway that runs below the street level.</p>

November 3 - The Los Angeles Times

<p>A new study challenges the growing body of research linking suburban living to obesity -- citing that people's eating and exercise habits more likely dictate where they live, not vice versa.</p>

November 2 - Ottawa Citizen via Canada.com

<p>Doug Giuliano recounts his adventures in the FEMA wonderland after heading to the Gulf Coast to help with hurricane recovery. What started as noble intentions ended mired in the muck of bureaucracy.</p>

November 2 - The Next American City